AUSTRALIAN CHART BOOK’S (Barry Kowal) TOP SINGLES FOR 1960*
It’s now or never – Elvis Presley
No.Song-Artist-Peak Month 1-IT'S NOW OR NEVER-ELVIS PRESLEY-OCTOBER 1056 2-JOEY'S SONG-BILL HALEY & THE COMETS-January 1014 3-JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE-JIMMIE RODGERS-August 904 4-BOOM BOOM BABY-CRASH CRADDOCK-February 838 5-HE'LL HAVE TO GO-JIM REEVES-April 826 6-PETER GUNN-DUANE EDDY & THE REBELS-December 732 7-CLAP YOUR HANDS-BEAU-MARKS-September 724 8-MY OLD MAN'S A DUSTMAN(BALLAD OF A REFUSE DISPOSAL OFFICER)-Lonnie Donegan-May 710 9-TIE ME KANGAROO DOWN SPORT-Rolf Harris-June 684 10-SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME-Drifters-December 654 11-Little Boy Lost-Johnny Ashcroft-May 642 12-What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For-Emile Ford & Checkmates-March 628 13-I Found A New Love/Defenceless-Lonnie Lee & The Leemen-October 626 14-She's My Baby-Johnny O'Keefe-February 622 15-Running Bear-Johnny Preston-February 622 16-Walk Don't Run-Ventures-September 614 17-Swingin' School/Ding-A-Ling-Bobby Rydell-July 612 18-Everybody's Somebody's Fool-Connie Francis-July 608 19-Beatnik Fly-Johnny & The Hurricanes-April 576 20-Come On And Take My Hand/Don't You Know-Johnny O'Keefe & Ernie Freeman-October 574 21-Starlight Starbright-Lonnie Lee-April 568 22-Cathy's Clown-Everly Brothers-June 554 23-Please Don't Tease-Cliff Richard & The Shadows-November 546 24-What A Mouth (What A North And South)-Tommy Steele-July 546 25-What In The World's Come Over You-Jack Scott-April 546 26-Heartaches By The Number-Guy Mitchell-January 540 27-Handy Man-Jimmy Jones-April 528 28-If I Had A Girl-Rod Lauren-March 514 29-My Heart Has A Mind Of It's Own/Malaguena-Connie Francis-November 494 30-In The Mood-Ernie Fields-January 470 31-Yes Sir,That's My Baby-Col Joye & Joy Boys-October 466 32-Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini-Brian Hyland-September 454 33-Apache-The Shadows-November 446 34-Mule Skinner Blues-The Fendermen-September 442 35-(Seven Little Girls)Sitting In The Back Seat-Paul Evans & Curls-January 442 36-Only The Lonely(Know How I Feel)-Roy Orbison-August 420 37-Sink The Bismark-Johnny Horton-June 418 38-Let's Have A Party-Wanda Jackson-November 416 39-Volare/Do It Again-Bobby Rydell-September 412 40-Stuck On You/Fame And Fortune-Elvis Presley-May 410 41-Teen Angel-Mark Dinning-March 396 42-A Kookie Little Paradise-Jo-Ann Campbell-October 392 43-Poetry In Motion-Johnny Tillotson-December 386 44-Let's Think About Livin'-Bob Luman-November 384 45-When Will I Be Loved/Be Bop A-Lula-Everly Brothers-August 382 46-Greenfields-Brothers Four-June 366 47-You Talk Too Much-Joe Jones-December 360 48-Oh! Carol-Neil Sedaka-February 354 49-The Village Of St.Bernadette-Andy Williams-March 348 50-Because They're Young-Duane Eddy & The Rebels-July 344 51-Among My Souvenirs-Connie Francis-February 344 52-Mama-Connie Francis-May 328 53-Tell Laura I Love Her-Ray Peterson-September 326 54-Teenage Baby-Col Joye & The Joy Boys-February 326 55-Cradle Of Love-Johnny Preston-April 316 56-Alley-Oop-Hollywood Argyles-July 310 57-Hot Rod Lincoln-Johnny Bond-October 306 58-Good Timin'-Jimmy Jones-June 306 59-I'll Save The Last Dance For You-Damita Jo-December 304 60-I'm Sorry/That's All You Gotta Do-Brenda Lee-September 298 61-I Want That-Crash Craddock-February 294 62-Well Don't You Know-Crash Craddock-May 274 63-Barefoot Boy-Noeleen Batley-December 268 64-Robot Man-Connie Francis-October 260 65-The Hippy Hippy Shake-Chan Romero-April 246 66-When It's Springtime In The Rockies-Johnnie Ray-March 238 67-Feel So Fine-Johnny Preston-August 234 68-Mr.Blue-Crescents-January 220 69-Since She Turned Sixteen-Crash Craddock-February 210 70-He'll Have To Stay-Jeanne Black-June 206 71-Pretty Blue Eyes-Steve Lawrence-February 200 72-Wild One-Bobby Rydell-April 182 73-I Want To Be Wanted-Brenda Lee-November 160 74-Brontosaurus Stomp-The Piltdown Men-November 160 75-You Got What It Takes-Marv Johnson-February 158 76-Own True Self-Johnny O'Keefe-January 158 77-(Making Love On A)Moonlit Night/Be My Girl-Col Joye & Joy Boys-July 150 78-Alone At Last-Jackie Wilson-December 148 79-Sixteen Reasons-Connie Stevens-July 148 80-Little Bitty Girl-Bobby Rydell-April 112 81-Six White Boomers-Rolf Harris-December 110 82-Beyond The Sea-Bobby Darin-March 106 83-Mission Bell-Donnie Brooks-October 104 84-Happy-Go-Lucky-Me-Paul Evans-July 84 85-Jump Over-Freddy Cannon-July 80 86-Ready For You/Save The Last Dance For Me-Johnny O'Keefe/Ernie Freeman-December 76 87-A Mess Of Blues/Girl Of My Best Friend-Elvis Presley-August 76 88-Mr.Custer-Larry Verne-November 76 89-Let The Little Girl Dance-Billy Bland-June 76 90-Bad Man-Col Joye & The Joy Boys-May 74 91-Yes Indeed I Do-Lonnie Lee & The Leemen-June 68 92-Footsteps-Steve Lawrence-April 68 93-Turn The Lights Out,Johnny/Koala Bear-Johnny Devlin & His Devils-January 68 94-The Wreck Of The John B.-Jimmie Rodgers-October 36 95-Run Sampson,Run/You Mean Everything To Me-Neil Sedaka-October 36 96-Not One More Minute-Della Reese-April 34 97-Lonely Blue Boy-Conway Twitty-March 34 98-Peter Gunn Theme-Henry Mancini-January 34 * The data used in compilation of this list are the charts found in The Australian Top 20 Book (1940-2006) by David Kent.